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Indlæser... There Was a Party for Langstonaf Jason Reynolds
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Bliv medlem af LibraryThing for at finde ud af, om du vil kunne lide denne bog. Der er ingen diskussionstråde på Snak om denne bog. Reynolds and the Pumphrey brothers take readers on a dazzling journey through Langston Hughes’ legacy. “There was a party for Langston at the library. / A jam in Harlem to celebrate the word-making man— // Langston, the king of letters.” And what a party! When Langston writes, words move, they collide, they big bang into the very atoms of connection. On shelves in the background, fellow Black writers and poets peer out from the spines of their books, looking on in delight as Langston’s “word-children” Maya Angelou and Amiri Baraka whirl with joy and inspiration, their own word-making mastery a credit to Langston’s legacy. Inspired by a joyous photo of Angelou and Baraka snapped in 1991 at the opening of the Langston Hughes Auditorium at the New York Public Library’s Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Reynolds sets a syncopated pace with his debut picture book, delivering not only a celebratory dance of a biography, but a primer in Hughes’ own jazz poetry. Not missing a beat and laying down one all their own, the Pumphrey brothers’ illustrations incorporate verses from Hughes’ poems and other words he set into motion to create a thrumming visual landscape where meaning takes literal flight. This book demonstrates that Hughes’ work is the epitome of what words can be. (This book was reviewed digitally.) A bar set stratospherically high and cleared with room to spare. (Informational picture book. 3-8) -Kirkus Review First sentence: There was a party for Langston at the library. A jam in Harlem to celebrate the word-making man--Langston, the king of letters whose ABC's became drums, bumping jumping thumping like a heart the size of the whole wide world. Premise/plot: This party for Langston Hughes was held in February 1991. The author, Jason Reynolds, was inspired to write about this party after seeing a photograph of two authors dancing--Maya Angelou and Amiri Baraka. The book celebrates Langston Hughes AND his continuing legacy. There are word-makers and word-breakers. Word-breakers being those who would ban books and limit freedom. My thoughts: This picture book earned a Caldecott Honor and a Coretta Scott King Illustrator Honor. I loved the text of this one--very rhythmic. Definitely fitting, I think, to celebrating a poet. I loved the illustrations--very vibrant, joyful, jumping off the page.
A beguiling, bedazzling collaboration that will send children to the shelves to learn more about all the names within, especially Hughes. Melding celebratory text and kinetic, graphical art, the creators underscore the power of the subject’s poetry to move and to inspire. A bar set stratospherically high and cleared with room to spare. HæderspriserDistinctionsNotable Lists
A celebration of Langston Hughes and African American authors he inspired, told through the lens of the party held at the New York Public Library's Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture in 1991. No library descriptions found. |
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This books talks about a man named Langston who became a word maker and made people feel different things with his words he made.
This book is great for teaching students about how different words can all makeyou feel different things, but it can also help you to express different things. ( )